It's just another Electric Manday....

Not so long ago (2011), in a galaxy not so far away (Edinburgh), Production Brawbot Rob Miller helped out on the self-funded Electric Man movie. The team behind the film passed on a selection of rare issues from the comic's lengthy run across the decades, asking Rob if he'd apply some digital-pokery, archiving and restoring these comics to near as possible their original glory....

Electric Man - Trailer 2

Now that the film's available on DVD everyone can enjoy this "wonderfully twisty-turny comic caper, made and played with warmth, wit and genuine affection" (c/o Frank Quitely) at home, the eagle-eyed amongst you perhaps wanting to look out for (artistic) cameos by Curt Sibling, Graham Manley, Alex Ronald, Team Girl Comic, our very own John Miller and more.... Only a tiny handful of the restored covers were glimpsed in the film (much like the restorer himself, but that's understandable as he's camera shy and the bulk of them were worked on during and after production), so treat this as something of an exclusive premiere, several of these scarce issues thought lost forever....

A Chronicle of Doom....

Finally made a much delayed visit to Ice Station Zebra yesterday to find Agent Johnny on fine form, basking in the knowledge that the 'Art Deco' kitchen and Shunky installations are finally complete after nearly a month's work. So, having heaved all the boxes of comics and books back in from storage there was nothing to do but bid Ghostman farewell (he's an awfy boy) and settle down to a view to a swill, chuntering away, chewing over such topics as the past weekend's screening of The Omega Man (missed by this Agent), commenting on the soundtrack, the conclusion to Evil Hollywood over Subterrania, drawing another Sandie Shaw page (fer the back page of Braw! #2) and more letter writing.

Sounds: A Fistful of Dollars, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone: Hang 'em High, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Dominic Frontiere: For a Few Dollars More, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone: Superstition by Siouxsie and The Banshees....

Ennio Morricone - For A Few Dollars More Theme

A Chronicle of Doom....

Brief visit to (n)Ice Station Zebra yesterday, braving the cold to catch the work in progress as Agent Johnny's new 'Shunker 5' bog and kitchen installation continue apace. Our man in Hailesland seemed on good form as 'bangy noises' resounded all around us, having taken to his bedroom - and not his bed as rumours would have us believe - to continue the letter writing and comic drawing. At present he's about 1/4 of the way through a page of John Stark, but we've lost count of how many there are exactly. A further morale boost took the form of Adam Smith's brand new Evil Hollywood pages - 5 in all - which were put away in a special file fer readin' later.

Sounds: lots of quite contented chunterin', some of it concernin' the soundtrack elpee below....

Once Upon A Time In The West OST

Ma Braw!s have dropped!

At last! Limping into print too late to sail into those 'best of the underground' top tens of 2012 and dipping under the radar to hit the shops too early into 2013 - thereby guaranteeing it'll be a distant, lost memory in about, ooh, a week's time - Braw! has finally arrived!

Get a groove on.... to the gnarly social commentary!

Swing your pants.... to the silky smooth artwork!

Bustamove.... to the brillianty low pricing! But most of all.... buy (it here)!

A Chronicle of Doom....

Exhausting day spent at BASE yesterday, 'clearin' oot' lest Ice Station Zebra be 'decommissioned' by the Cooncil, at the risk of Agent Johnny findin' himself up the kreek without a drawin' table. And so a massive covert operation (weightliftin' a loada boxes about) was carried out and we got the place cleared to everyone's satisfaction. Now, assuming the workies are granted access to the palace of unearthly delights on Monday morning, we should be right, Johnny living to die another day. Hail Odin!

Sounds: Remembrace Day by B-Movie (a grand finale)....

B-Movie - Remembrance Day

A Chronicle of Doom....

A very happy New Year swill at Ice Station Zebra yesterday, Agent Johnny on good form, expounding on his desire to do another Sandie Shaw strip, possibly featuring our friend The Baron! Seems that other work is slowly ongoing, lots of projects on the drawing table - including the previously mentioned strip intended for Spaceship Away - but nothing new that he deemed worthy enough to show me. It's fair to say he's been relaxing and enjoying the Christmas fillums on the telly-visor, so perhaps that's one reason for a slight decrease in productivity, but a subsequent sudden jump in ideas. The biggest topic was Adam Smith making a start on his Evil Hollywood pages, pencilling the first 5, with 3 to be roughed up from John's notes (written down one fine day in the attic at Hope Street Studios).

Sounds: The Dirty Harry Anthology, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Lalo Schifrin:  Hang 'em High, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Dominic Frontiere: Zabriskie Point, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (various artists): Superstition by Siouxsie and The Banshees: Point Me At The Sky by Pink Floyd: See Those Eyes and I Could Be Happy by Altered Images: Sometimes 7" by Erasure....

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Superstition

The Atomic Society (of Justice)....

Having completed his chapter, Zone of Destruction, for Evil Hollywood Over Subterrania in March, Production 'Brawbot' Rob Miller returned to his work on The Atomic Society of Justice and, noting how awful the pages were - you'll know if you happen to own this comic - redrew the bulk of them, in some instances just hardening up the spot blacks and in others replacing whole panels. It's what good ol' Agent Johnny'd call an "academic exercise", being no stranger to "doctoring" earlier artwork himself....

Just recently Rob stumbled across the second of his two Radioactive Pin-Ups and wondered if it was the final version or, as in the case of the first, had actually been completely redrawn prior to publication. It hadn't! So here's the work in progress, the new version sketched out heavily on top of the (thankfully completely obscured) original. It's very likely these 9 "refreshed" pages will debut here as we count down to the launch of Evil Hollywood sometime next year and will eventually be reprinted as we collect all the Evil Wee Comics titles into a chunky book thereafter....